"A-choo, a-choo a-choo a-choo!"
The Fourth Prince sneezed more than a dozen times in a row, and tears immediately flowed down his face. Concubine Jiang heard the noise and rushed over, thinking that he had caught a cold. After asking carefully and testing the temperature of his forehead, she was relieved when she found that everything was normal, but she turned around to arrange the crown and clothes for the Fourth Prince.
As for the fourth prince, this was the first time he knew what the crown and robes looked like. After all, he was still young before, so he was not needed to help with the temple sacrifices, and it was not his turn to receive the imperial edict, and it was even more impossible for him to be congratulated. Even at the New Year's Day court meeting, he and the third prince were not required to participate. So, whether it was a crown or a leather hat, it was not that he had never worn it, but he simply... didn't have it!
That's right, he and the third prince had never even worn real formal dresses or ceremonial robes, and in occasions like ordinary royal family banquets, the brothers' casual clothes were similar to those of ordinary noblemen, and even the materials were not top-notch.
The fourth prince had originally thought that he and his third brother did not attend court or visit temples, which was very different from the treatment of the first and second princes, and that they did not even make a set of clothes, which made him look down on them. He had always believed that it was the Queen's fault, and he was still brooding over it. Now, seeing Concubine Jiang busy preparing clothes for him, he felt that new and old hatreds came to his mind at the same time, and he could not help but snorted.
“In the past you were reluctant to even make me a set of clothes… Tomorrow my third brother will be crowned the crown prince and be congratulated in the East Palace, but you won’t be able to see it, and your son will be even less likely to see it, humph!” You and your son bullied my third brother and me in the past, and now you deserve it!
Concubine Jiang heard the Fourth Prince mumbling, and she was adjusting her sleeves when she said angrily: "After Sanlang is crowned as the Crown Prince, maybe it will be your turn to be crowned. Since you are an adult, you should be more open-minded and stop remembering these things from the past."
She has always been gentle, shy, and kind to others. Even when the queen made things difficult for her in the past, she never complained. Now that the queen has been deposed as Concubine Jing, she has not said a bad word either. Instead, she tried to persuade the fourth prince, who was angry about the dress: "Besides, although it was Concubine Jing's suggestion not to make dresses for you, the emperor agreed."
"The Emperor said that because you are still young and growing fast, a set of children's clothes is no easier to weave than an adult's, but you can only wear it for a year or even half a year. It's a waste. Silang, just to weave such a pattern, it takes many skilled weavers to work for a long time, and it takes a long time to cut the woven cloth into clothes."
"In fact, we were in such a hurry this time that the formal dress was not ready when we rehearsed the etiquette before, so we can only give it to you to try on for the first time today. This imperial robe is originally for adults to wear. You and Sanlang have not worn the crown yet, but you have to wear it tomorrow. So we can only make do with the emergency for now."
If it were in the past, the Fourth Prince would have yawned and complained when he heard such nagging lessons, but he had not forgotten the pain of being spanked on his palms so quickly, nor had he forgotten the slap from the Third Prince so quickly. In addition, he had also visited the underground workshop in Zhang Shou's house. At this moment, he thought of the working principles of the looms and spinning machines, and thought of Zhang Chen's words, and was suddenly shocked.